GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| pugilist | fighter |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |